In my opinion, their products are practical, simple, and easy to operate. Ikelike has been in business since 1962, so they've perfected the art of custom-making cases for most brands of cameras and video camcorders. Back in the days when I managed a dive shop I'd call Ikelite and order housings for our customers frequently, so I am somewhat familiar with their products and reputation. While looking around I spotted an Ikelite housing for the Flip Ultra HD. Ikelite to the rescue!Ī few months ago I was back home visiting my folks and stopped in a local dive shop. Flip offers a waterproof case, but it's only rated to 30 feet and most of our dives are between 60 - 100 feet. Since the Flip itself is not waterproof, an underwater housing would be needed. So, it's safe to say we really like Flip's video camcorders, but I also love scuba diving and wanted to take the Flip Ultra HD video camera with us during our dives. We've even used the Flip Ultra HD to record a hot tub being lifted over my house by a crane! We have used them indoors, outdoors, with great lighting, low lighting, action footage, footage of my newborn nephew, children opening packages during the holidays, sunsets, cats performing silly stunts, turkeys flying onto the fence outside our office. These very small high definition video cameras are a lot of fun and do a great job shooting high quality movies. We often have the most current video cameras from Flip Video in our lab, and the current roster includes a Flip Ultra HD and a Mino HD here. Times have changed and so has technology, thank goodness! Today you can buy a very small, very sleek camcorder and housing, along with lighting for well under a thousand dollars! And, of course, who even has a VCR anymore (or would want to use one)? You'd spend endless hours editing the tapes, putting them together, choosing music, adding the music to your videos, then copying them on to video cassette tapes.
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You'd have to spend hours looking at the tapes, marking the number on the counter, rewind and play again to double check your numbers were accurate.
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I spent well over two thousand dollars for a used system and I that didn't even include lights! Those were the days of Hi8 video where you had to use expensive systems to edit your footage, and because of tension on the tape your edits and cuts might or might not be very accurate. It's been almost two decades since I bought my first underwater video system. How often have you wished you had a camcorder with you to record your experiences only to be turned off by the bulk of the equipment or the cost? It doesn't have to be that way, not if you use one of those handy Flip video cameras and a reliable underwater housing/strobe combo like what Ikelite makes for the Flip.
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(by Carol Cotton video and stills by Carol Cotton and Conrad Blickenstorfer)Īs scuba divers, we travel far and wide, we don our scuba gear, and we jump into the deep blue seas to enjoy a sport we love. Handy camcorder and Ikelight housing and light: A powerful, convenient choice for shooting video underwater without getting weighed down Scuba Diver Info - Flip Ultra HD with Ikelite housing and PRO-V8 lightįlip Ultra HD with Ikelite housing and PRO-V8